Christmas Day forever ruined for crash survivors

Christmas Day forever ruined for crash survivors

After exchanging gifts on December 25, 2017, Laurie, his wife Karin and their two daughters Makayla and Tarmeka were headed for a family lunch in Brisbane's east when their car was struck head-on by an ice-fuelled driver.

The last thing Laurie remembers was Karin, 56, asking if everyone was OK and seeing 18-year-old Makayla's unconscious body in the back seat.

The pair died soon after. Laurie, 55, and Tarmeka, 23, were seriously injured.

In a sickening twist, the driver who killed them, Mark Veneris, could be out of prison for Christmas 2021.